Return to Anchorage

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Hey, is anybody reading these blogs? Where are your comments anyway?


As we headed back to Anchorage from Seward, we enjoyed one breathtaking vista after another for hours. There were steep, kelly green mountains with snowfields near the tops and in the shady clefts. The sun came out for about five minutes at noon, then there were clouds again. We set up at Aunt Jean's again, threw in some laundry and headed to visit Uncle Dick. We had a nice visit. When we were getting ready to leave, there was going to be a new story on about the Taylor highway to Dawson Creek. It had been washed out a couple of weeks ago by flash flooding. We got distracted by Uncle dick's story that several bears have visited the parking lot area of the nursing home and entertained the guests. After we left, we drove up the little road where they were seen and saw a BUNCH of bear tracks coming and going from the woods. Local wildflife watching. We still don't know the story of the Taylor Highway where we want to travel in a few days.
On the way back, we stopped at Walgreen's to fill Nancy's prescriptions. Unfortunately, they didn't have enough of one kind of medication, so they sent us to another Walgreen's across town, where it was filled. Fortunately, when the prescription was filled, we were near a Baskin-Robbins so we had to have hot fudge sundaes. It's a tradition.

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Comments

[Janet Price]

No way!
Hey, Nancy and Rich, My entire summer has been wrapped around your rambles and I have enjoyed every one of them. I guess I haven't been focused on your need for feedback, but here goes...You both are traveling in one of my most favorite destinations and are actually providing me with lots of beautiful pictures to dream with. I have family taking a "Sea-to-sea" walking trip in Northern England and their blog doesn't include pictures :-( so you guys are basically my only connection to the beauty of the natural world! Have a wonderful summer and I expect to see you both in my classroom this fall :-) Janet

[W.G. Oliver]

Well... I am reading them!
In fact... I have been reading them from clear back in Alberta. I live here in Anchorage and like to read about peoples experiences in my state. I like to read the words of Excitment and of the Thrill's they encounter along he Hiway. Sounds like you are having a great time, if the weather would have been better... I would have used Capital letters in Great! But hey... You DID get to see Denali! This summer I would say that less than 10% of visitors got to say that... Beyond that you did Alaska Correctly, at a leisurely pace and saw most if not all of the high spots. (Im with you, the Seward boat tours are topps for me too) and you drove right past my family's Gold Claims on Canyon Creek (down by the Hope turnoff)... Maybe next time you can try panning. Have a GREAT Trip home. and Thanks for letting me follow along with you guys on your trip. Bill

[Jodie]

Since when is it a tradition to have hot fudge sundaes when filling a prescription??? I think I got ripped off as a kid...

[Rubber Bums]

Sundaes
No, the tradition is to have hot fudge sundaes with Aunt Jean!